Kathryn Kennedy WineryContra La Marea
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The Contra La Marea of the Kathryn Kennedy Winery is in the top 0 of wines of Santa Cruz Mountains.
Details and technical informations about Kathryn Kennedy Winery's Contra La Marea.
Discover the grape variety: Précoce de Malingre
Very early table grape with golden, thin-skinned and juicy berries, showing simple fresh aromas of white-fleshed fruit and flowers. Occasionally vinified into simple, lively dry whites for early drinking. Mainly destined for fresh consumption at the start of the season, well suited to northern viticultural climates. Grown in France and Germany. French white variety, an early mutation obtained in the 19th century by Malingre.
Informations about the Kathryn Kennedy Winery
The Kathryn Kennedy Winery is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Santa Cruz Mountains to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Santa Cruz Mountains
High-altitude AVA above the Pacific fog layer: signature Pinot Noir as king on cool slopes — complex reds with red and black fruits, Burgundian finesse and New World depth, long ageing. Ample, tannic Cabernet Sauvignon on warmer, sunnier eastern slopes. Lively, mineral Chardonnay with measured oak ageing, Merlot and Zinfandel as backup (25% each). Rugged terrain between San Francisco and Monterey, a chiselled mountain identity.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
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Specific to the Mediterranean vineyard, this short pruning which opens the stock in the shape of a corolla offers a good resistance to violent winds but does not allow any mechanization of the vine work.
